Famine Relief in China
By Editor
on in some sections. He says in a letter to the editor: Enclosed please find receipt for £95 and 16 shillings, received from the SIGNS OF THE TIMES for the famine relief work. It was a great surprise to us to receive such a sum as this, and at the same time it was a cause of rejoicing, for by this we are assured that the distressing conditions here in China appeal strongly to those in the home lands. We are sending this money on up into the province of Anhui at once. The needs there are becoming aggravated in some sections rather than bettered, for the rivers have overflowed again, and that means that the crops are destroyed for this present year. I learn from the reports in the Chinese papers, and also from our brethren in that section, that human beings are being killed and eaten, so desperate are the straits in which the people find themselves. It takes fully two weeks to get word back from our brethren there, and as soon as I hear from them more fully of the present situation I will write you. We have helped our brethren in various ways, usually by making them a loan so they could carry on their business. They receive this loan with the expectation of repaying it all, but we will forgive a good portion of the sums they owe when they get to the place where they can begin to repay. Under the most favorable conditions it is a hand to mouth struggle with them. I wish to take this occasion to express heartfelt thanks to all those of the SIGNS readers who have had a part in the making up of this sum. There is another greater need in China; four hundred million souls are starving for the bread of life. The Chinese Press Fund is one splendid means by which the need may be supplied. Do you not wish to have a part in supplying truth to those who are feeding on the soul-shriveling husks of idolatry?